Simone McCarthy
@simonelmc
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Covering China @CNNi. Previously China + health security @SCMPNews. Roots @columbiajourn. Usual disclaimers.
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Joined November 2013
China's new K-visa, which is aimed at attracting foreign tech talent, triggers an online backlash in China, where youth unemployment stands around 19% by @simonelmc
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A new visa category launched by the Chinese government to attract young science and technology professionals is causing fervent backlash in China, where well-educated young people are already...
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As Xi and Putin pledge to deepen their strategic partnership in Beijing Thursday, here’s a look at how their ties and their countries’ trade from oil to chips have evolved since the start of Russia’s war.
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As countries around the world ramped up sanctions on Russia in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it became clear that the Russian president still had a powerful...
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Xi launches his charm offensive in Paris. He's looking to win over critics in #Europe -- one of #China’s biggest trading partners. His first visit to Europe in 5 yrs comes at a time deep tension over trade and Russia's war against Ukraine. @simonelmc
https://t.co/lGwD4pulzH
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🇨🇳🚀🌑Our latest reporting as #China #moon probe stands by for launch as #space race with US heats up. Honored to share a byline with @simonelmc @CNN
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China launched an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first time, in a potentially major step forward for the country’s ambitious space...
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#China's #TwoSessions kicks off this week in Beijing. A turbulent economy looms over the agenda given: 🏙️ property crisis 💸 weak spending 🚶🏻♂️high youth unemployment 🧾 rising local govt debt 📉 weak stock markets etc. https://t.co/MmibrCOpRS
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#Chinese travelers stranded as #winter #storms throw #LunarNewYear #travel into chaos - the latest from #China with @simonelmc
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#China's falling birth rate coincides w/ a shrinking workforce & rapidly aging population -- Twin challenges for Beijing as it grapples w/ funding healthcare & pensions for elderly citizens, while aiming to maintain growth... By @lauraliuhe & @simonelmc
https://t.co/QcrZfmMXlH
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China reported a record low birth rate in 2023 as its population shrank for the second year in a row. The trend marked the deepening of a demographic challenge set to have significant implications on...
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Chinese woman left incapacitated for decades after being poisoned as student of Tsinghua University in cold case has died at age of 50. Her death sparks both sympathy and criticisms online, @simonelmc and I report
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Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, once seen as a reform-minded contender to the country’s top leadership role, died of a sudden heart attack early Friday in Shanghai. Full orbit by @simonelmc, @lauraliuhe and @StevenCNN
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China’s former Premier Li Keqiang has died, state media said on Friday.
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On assignment in the #GobiDesert: #China has sent its youngest-ever #astronaut crew to the Tiangong #space station. Very nice to collaborate with @CNN's @MengchenZ @Nectar_Gan @CNNI
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When China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei blasted off into space in 2003, it was a history making moment that declared his country’s arrival as an emerging space power.
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“The biggest change that we have to acknowledge is that the era of low interest rates (and) cheap money flowing out of China into these countries – that era is over. ” said Ammar A. Malik, a senior research scientist @AidData
https://t.co/PtrSLRBFcU
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The inauguration of two new electricity-generating units in Zimbabwe’s Hwange power station last month was not an unfamiliar scene when it comes to major infrastructure projects in Africa.
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping reshuffles leadership of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force. A former deputy navy commander & a former deputy political commissar are now in charge of the branch By @BradLendon & @simonelmc
https://t.co/n4I1YqyAwA
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Much has changed in women’s football since China’s golden era — now it’s fighting from behind. This year’s World Cup is a first step in reclaiming that status. With @simonelmc and @tk_zhu
https://t.co/sC4MJvsTVr
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With a tied score and two minutes left to play after a stunning second-half comeback, China’s women’s soccer team finally scored the goal that had eluded them for 16 years.
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"India downplayed a key Russia-friendly summit, but Putin and Xi may not be complaining" @simonelmc
https://t.co/W9Bu4E681L
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Last year, the world watched closely as China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi of India and other world leaders within a Moscow-friendly group gathered in the Uzbek city of...
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Blinken, speaking after two days of meetings in Beijing, said there are key issues that remain unresolved, but noted his “hope and expectation is we will have better communications, better engagement going forward.” W/ @kylieatwood & @simonelmc
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said that the United States and China had made “progress” toward steering relations back on track as both sides agreed on the need to “stabilize” the...
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"It was clear coming in that the relationship was at a point of instability," Sec Blinken said at a news conference in Beijing after his 2-day visit here. "And both sides recognized the need to work to stabilize it." W/ @jmhansler & @simonelmc.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said that the United States and China had made “progress” toward steering relations back on track as both sides agreed on the need to “stabilize” the...
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Biden may have visited Kyiv today, but pay attention to diplomatic visits to Moscow. CNN's @Nectar_Gan and @simonelmc repot:
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